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Elections Act 2022, Section 58 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 19 February 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations. Help about Changes to Legislation

58Offences committed by bodies corporateU.K.

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(1)Where an offence under this Part committed by a body corporate is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or to be attributable to any neglect on the part of—

(a)a person who is a director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body corporate, or

(b)a person who was purporting to act in any such capacity,

that person, as well as the body corporate, is guilty of that offence and liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.

(2)Where the affairs of a body corporate are managed by its members, subsection (1) applies in relation to the acts and defaults of a member in connection with the member’s functions of management as if the member were a director of the body corporate.

Commencement Information

I1S. 58 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 67(1)

I2S. 58 in force at 1.11.2023 by S.I. 2023/1145, reg. 3(f) (with Sch. para. 10)

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